Improvement in sash-holders



r A. BATTEY,

Sash-Holder.

N0 60 Patented-Feb.23,1875.

THE GRAPHIC CO.PHDTO.-LITH.39&4'I PARK-PMCEJ'LY.

ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

FREDERIOK A. BATTEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SASH-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 60,047, datedFebruary 23, 1875; application filed October 30, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. BAT- TEY, of Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Sash Lock and Holders, of which the following is a specification:

The object of the present invention is to provide more convenient meansfor locking window sashes and blinds at any desired point in the frames,and at the same time preventing the sash from having lateral movementsand from rattling.

The invention consists in combining a wed geshaped bar with a looseroller and operatinglever, spring, and suitable case, whereby the rollermay move on the wedge-shaped bar and press against the jamb-casing andhold the sash in a fixed position, as the whole is hereinafter describedand shown.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a broken elevation of the side and top of awindow-frame, broken elevation of a sash, and an elevation of myimproved sash lock and holder with the elevated part of the lock-casebroken away to show the working parts inside Fig. 2, an enlargedelevation of the back side of the sashlock detached from the sash; Fig.3, an elevation of that edge of the lock adjoining the jamb-casing, alsoenlarged to correspond to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows the case of the lockarranged for the wedge-shaped bar and roller to be let into the sash asan equivalent device.

G, G, O, and 0 represent the lock-case, which is countersunk on the backat O that the lever E may come even with the part 0 0, provided withears 5 5, through which are screw-holes, and with an elevated part, G,for supporting the working parts. A Wedge shaped bar, E, is placed inthe elevated part G, and it is provided with lugs a b, that the end 2 oflever E, pivoted to the plate 0 at 3, may move said bar E vertically upor down in the case G. A coil-spring, H, operating against the upper endof the bar E, holds the latter down when the lever E is released. The

lower end of the wedge-shaped bar E has a steep incline, as shown atFigs. 1 and 2, that the loose roller F may rotate back into the case farenough to allow a sash to be run down in its frame without the rollerscoming in contact with the ja-mb-casing B.

The case may be made of sheet metal or any other suitable material; orit may be cast and plated, or finished in the ordinary manner ofsash-locks.

The roller is metal, but it may be covered on its periphery with anysuitable hard elastic substance to prevent wearing the jamb-casin g.

After the case 0 C C is fastened to the sash A, as shown in Fig. l, thelatter will be held fast in the frame, so as not to drop, but it may beraised without moving the lever E; but to lower the sash the lever Emustbe brought by the hand well down toward fin ger-hole D before anydownward force is applied to the sash. This will allow the roller F torecede from the jamb-casingB, and permit the sash to drop Without therollers catching. On releasing the lever E the point of the bar E willbe, by spring H, forced behind roller F, and cause to catch thejamb-casing. 7

To hold the sash down the roller F is caused to catch under asubstantial stop, G, driven into the jamb-casing, or into thewindow-stop. To release the roller from the stop, press down on lever E.

By this means the sash is held down, up, and from moving laterally, andis, therefore, especially adapted to car-windows.

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States-The wedge-shaped bar E, provided with lugs b a, and tapered lower end,in combination with the roller F, spring H, lever E, and case 0, G, andG, as and for the purposes described.

FREDERIOK A. BATTEY. Witnesses:

J. H. ELLIOTT, G. L. OHAPIN.

